Erhadt crashes out

Bangalore, Oct 26: German left-hander Andy Fahlke turned Hungarian Zoltan Boroczky8217;s world upside down as he pulled off a three-set win in the first round of the Wearhouse ITF Satellite tennis tournament at the Century Club courts on Monday.Fahlke, after losing the first set, steadied himself considerably against the grunting Hungarian.

He carved out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory that puts him against the winner of the first round match between top seed Prahlad Srinath and Marian Leysek of Slovakia.Earlier, there were three upsets, with the fifth seeded Patrick Erhardt being the highest ranked player to bow out.ResultsSandeep Kirtane Ind bt Rishi Sridhar Ind 6-3, 6-2; Zaman Sanzaruz Ind bt Kamala Kannan Ind 7-6 7-4, 6-1; Ondrej Chvapil Cze bt Anjan Viplav Ind 6-4, 6-7 7-5, 6-3; Vijendra Laad Ind bt Vijay Kannan Ind 7-6 7-5, 6-2; Vinod Sridhar Ind bt Andrew Ford Britain 6-1, 6-1; Mike Boulding Britain bt Saurav Panja Ind 6-3, 6-2; Harsh Mankad Ind bt Ravikiran Bhat Ind 6-2, 6-4;Danai Udomchoke Thai bt Vasudeva Reddy Ind 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Nitin Kirtane Ind bt SB Keerthi Ind 6-2, 6-3; Mustafa Ghouse Ind bt Patrick Erhardt Ger 6-1, 7-6 8-6; S Praveen Kumar Ind bt Timo Nigri Ger 6-3, 6-2; Andy Fahlke Ger bt Zoltan Boroczky Hungary 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.